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Jemma Field

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Jemma Fieldis a historian and art historian fromNew Zealand.She studied for her PhD withErin Griffeyat theUniversity of Auckland.[1]She was subsequently aMarie Skłodowska-Curie postdoctoral fellowatBrunel University,London.[2]She is currently Associate Director of Research at theYale Center for British Art.[3]

Anna of Denmark, studio ofAdrian Vanson

Field's published work concerns thematerial cultureofAnne of Denmark,queen consortofScotland,and wife ofJames VI and I.[4]Like many modern writers she prefers the use of the forename "Anna" instead of "Anne". Her ideas about Anne of Denmark's personal piety and religious views, and the role of her Danish chaplainJohannes Sering,contribute to contemporary debate.[5]

Field examines the ways in which Anne of Denmark expressed her identity andagencythrough her own dress and bodily ornament, includingher jewellery,and also the costume of her servants and household, which reflected both the customs of Scotland and the royal court of Denmark and theHouse of Oldenburg.[6]

Selected publications

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References

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  1. ^Jemma Field,Anna of Denmark: The Material and Visual Culture of the Stuart Courts(Manchester, 2020), p. x.
  2. ^See external links.
  3. ^Erin Griffey,Early Modern Court Culture(Routledge, 2022), p. xxv.
  4. ^Jemma Field, 'Dressing a Queen: The Wardrobe of Anna of Denmark at the Scottish Court of King James VI, 1590–1603', in Sara Ayres ed.,The Court Historian,24:2 (2019), pp. 166-7.
  5. ^Jemma Field, 'Anna of Denmark and the Politics of Religious Identity in Jacobean Scotland and England, c. 1592-1619',Northern Studies,50 (2019), pp. 87-113.
  6. ^Sara Ayres,'Introduction',The Court Historian: The Northern Line: Representing Danish Consorts in Scotland, England and Great Britain,24:2 (2019), p. 114
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